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guest: we note that harry reid and john boehner speak on a river basis. they try to speak once a week. there were conversations before recess about the possibility of all this. we don't know but perhaps there were discussions on the sidelines of the rosa parks statue unveiling yesterday. the house majority leader have been firm. the senate we'll -- we'll deal with it great otherwise, it does not look like there will be significant progress. we have to wait and see. the way it works, sometimes these conversations are ongoing. somebody is coming to the floor or a bill can be brought up and things can get moving again. we are in a wait and see mode. otherwise, we are waiting to see things go at the white house and whether lawmakers will jump in on friday or wait until next week. host: thank you for your time. ed o'keefe for the washington post. the "washington times" here is president obama and speaker boehner. never let it be said that president obama has failed to spend time with the begin leaders in seeking an alternative to budget cuts that will hit most
guest: we note that harry reid and john boehner speak on a river basis. they try to speak once a week. there were conversations before recess about the possibility of all this. we don't know but perhaps there were discussions on the sidelines of the rosa parks statue unveiling yesterday. the house majority leader have been firm. the senate we'll -- we'll deal with it great otherwise, it does not look like there will be significant progress. we have to wait and see. the way it works, sometimes...
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we help harry reid take on his biggest enemy, harry reid. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." one last quick question for the panel. with all of the dishonesty and unethical behavior in congress, can you name one person in d.c. you actually trust? >> michelle obama and her side. >> john: elon? >> no. listen, i know people -- i know politicians are politicians so i treat them as such. >> john: aaron? >> conservative -- moderate republicans for staying so quiet and maintaining -- keeping their jobs during the tough tough times. >> john: aaron wins the night. today, my friends the senate republicans made history when they used the filibuster to block a vote on president obama's nominee for secretary of defense, another republican. and the whole thing stinks like a carnival cruise ship. house majority leader harry reid was so angry he almost tore the tassels off his loafers. reid called it the saddest spect
we help harry reid take on his biggest enemy, harry reid. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> john: welcome back to "viewpoint." one last quick question for the panel. with all of the dishonesty and unethical behavior in congress, can you name one person in d.c. you actually trust? >> michelle obama and her side. >> john: elon? >> no. listen, i...
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i think harry reid is a difficult position. he wants obviously something to move forward that helps address part of the problem and i think if you look at 2014 and you look at the midterm elections, look at key states where democrats have to defend, red states, alaska, west virginia is an open seat, arkansas, these are rural states where the democrats have a different perspective on gun rights and have a better relationship, if you will, with the nra. that being said, i think everyone has come to terms that something needs to be done and the question is what can be done, what should be done, then also, what can pass not just the senate, by the way, but also the house. that's why i think you are seeing this movement towards not universal background checks. i personally don't like that term because i think it exaggerates what the reality is. we're talking about criminal background checks, strengthening what is already in place so that it's fair and balanced for everyone. >> one thing, though, with the senate and dianne feinstein
i think harry reid is a difficult position. he wants obviously something to move forward that helps address part of the problem and i think if you look at 2014 and you look at the midterm elections, look at key states where democrats have to defend, red states, alaska, west virginia is an open seat, arkansas, these are rural states where the democrats have a different perspective on gun rights and have a better relationship, if you will, with the nra. that being said, i think everyone has come...
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and this, look this law will go into effect without the president and harry reid having a discussion. they're unwilling to do it so far. dennis: search your soul, congressman. isn't there some part of every republican in congress hope we go for the sequester cuts? at least we start to bend the cost curve? >> well we do have to reduce the cost of government because the next generation, frankly, it is becoming current generation, is bearing the brunt of this out of control debt and it is actually going to take away things like, you know, food programs for women and children which we care about. we just want them to go away because the government simply has no more more money. that is the track that we're going on, unless we begin to rein in the out of control spending in washington because we literally have gone far beyond what we can do. >> let's talk about that out of control spending and the debt. now you met today i believe it was with young folks who are carrying an awfully big burden. you know the debt i'm carrying as my portion. government. only last a little while longer until i
and this, look this law will go into effect without the president and harry reid having a discussion. they're unwilling to do it so far. dennis: search your soul, congressman. isn't there some part of every republican in congress hope we go for the sequester cuts? at least we start to bend the cost curve? >> well we do have to reduce the cost of government because the next generation, frankly, it is becoming current generation, is bearing the brunt of this out of control debt and it is...
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. ♪ >> can we talk about harry reid's gift? harry reid owns what happened with this fill buster. this is all him. he had the chance. not only did he promise he would do something about it, he had the chance to do something about it on the first day of the senate session. he could have done it with a 51% vote for filibuster reform and he didn't and we paid the price for it. stephanie: i couldn't believe he used the word shocking here. senator harry reid yesterday on the senate floor. >> shocking that my republican colleagues would leave the nation without a fully empowered secretary of defense during all the things we have going on in the world, including a war. stephanie: also shocked to find out there's gambling going on in vegas. >> few leon panetta has to go to the nato summit in brussels. he's like george bailey. he's never getting out of bedford falls. i got big plans. i love her. she's a peach. >> because republicans have a punish a republican for the crime of being right about iraq. stephanie: exactly. this talking voice memo, filibuster will fall shortly nomination blah b
. ♪ >> can we talk about harry reid's gift? harry reid owns what happened with this fill buster. this is all him. he had the chance. not only did he promise he would do something about it, he had the chance to do something about it on the first day of the senate session. he could have done it with a 51% vote for filibuster reform and he didn't and we paid the price for it. stephanie: i couldn't believe he used the word shocking here. senator harry reid yesterday on the senate floor....
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he could drive 1.7 miles to have a conversation with harry reid what they will do to avert this from happening. instead he is pointing fingers at congressional republicans who twice voted for replacement plan to do something about these but, absent the president's leadership, absent harry reid doing anything we'll not sit here to debate against ourselves. it is time for real leadership out of washington and we're not seeing that. dennis: president obama has been warning us, women and poor children, will go without being able to eat if we have the sequester cuts. yet he hasn't scheduled an emergency meeting at white house until friday. the cuts have to go into place according to congress based sometime on friday. is he taking this seriously enough? >> i don't think so. i mean if you actually look, he is something like 5,000 miles on nrcc.org. you see the video. we talk about that he has flown 5,000 miles for campaign rallies seemingly for re-election he already won. i don't understand where his quote, unquote leadership is coming in this. we want to avert this with real cuts that make
he could drive 1.7 miles to have a conversation with harry reid what they will do to avert this from happening. instead he is pointing fingers at congressional republicans who twice voted for replacement plan to do something about these but, absent the president's leadership, absent harry reid doing anything we'll not sit here to debate against ourselves. it is time for real leadership out of washington and we're not seeing that. dennis: president obama has been warning us, women and poor...
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we've seen democrats on this issue, harry reid, senator lahey, talking pretty dismissively about the assault weapons ban. gwen: to weapon ban of any kind. >> right. although the magazine restrictions, they still appear to be on the table. the background check measure is astro nomically popular with the government, something like 90% of the people supported it including n.r.a. members. it seems to be a bit of a clever tactic to give some moderate politicians a way to try angulate on this issue so they can say i'm not for the assault weapons ban. that's extreme but i do support this lesser measure even though the irony that something like expanding background checks has the potential to affect a much broader potential policy impact in terms of the number of gun crimes. >> you said a number of n.r.a. members are in favor of the background checks. we haven't heard the n.r.a. say they're in favor of it. are they backing off on the background check issue? >> at least in public, they have not backed off at all. this is a bit of a flip flop for them. back in 1999 the last time this issue was
we've seen democrats on this issue, harry reid, senator lahey, talking pretty dismissively about the assault weapons ban. gwen: to weapon ban of any kind. >> right. although the magazine restrictions, they still appear to be on the table. the background check measure is astro nomically popular with the government, something like 90% of the people supported it including n.r.a. members. it seems to be a bit of a clever tactic to give some moderate politicians a way to try angulate on this...
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he brought it to harry reid. if you remember, wait a minute, did he go to harry reid. >> sean: because he wanted it. >> anybody who was watching this show, knows i tried to vet you before the election that the loser would shave layer head and you wouldn't do it. >> sean: i'm not stupid. i knew it was going to be close, i predicted on this program it'd be close. and i said razor thin margin. >> okay, fine. say i had lost the bet and i shaved my head, that doesn't mean that the fact that i proposed the bet doesn't mean i want to shave my head. >> sean: all right. i've got it. >> this was supposed to motivate the-- >> this was the president's idea and bob woodward said it, too. and let me go to tucker carlson. i think we've got to throw in the towel. let me go to the president, the scare tactics, if you're conservative in this country you want to poison the air and water and don't care about children with down syndrome and autism and care about the elderly. we've got a fear mongering demagogue in the white house and
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>> i think harry reid will give them the same advice i give them in private, which is when you agree with the president, you should say so. and when you disagree with the president -- >> don't buckle from pressure from the white house. >> we have seen mark pryor has come out in opposition. i suspect you will see a couple others, but i would just juxtapose that against what's happening on the other side. the reason we're starting in the senate first is because john boehner and the leaders on the house side can't get anything done. they can't get a majority of their own party to support the speaker's own -- >> do you realize how their strategy could work? you and the senate will be the first cut. you are the first guys going over the top in world war i blowing the whistles, cutting through the concertina wire. you guys could get mowed down. i'm thinking about pryor, begich, landrieu, hagan, tim johnson. they all have to vote up or down. what happens is the house, which is run by republicans, they don't have to take on issues like that because they've already been beaten. >> here is the
>> i think harry reid will give them the same advice i give them in private, which is when you agree with the president, you should say so. and when you disagree with the president -- >> don't buckle from pressure from the white house. >> we have seen mark pryor has come out in opposition. i suspect you will see a couple others, but i would just juxtapose that against what's happening on the other side. the reason we're starting in the senate first is because john boehner and...
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reid, getting together, sitting down this week, recognizing that this sequestration or these forced budget cuts, that's the worst way of cutting spending, coming up with some alternative. you know, it's remote. it's not necessarily, you know, likely, but it's still doable if there's some good will on both sides. >> well, we'll see. we'll see what the republicans have to say of john boehner and the house gop leaders have scheduled a news press for 4:00 p.m. today. wolf, you'll have a lot live on your program later today. thanks for being with me. that story continues. >>> and then also, a horrific crash at daytona sent dozens of fans to the hospital. you probably saw the pictures, but do those injured fans have a case against the speedway or anybody else for what happened to them? we're going tosk our legal experts next. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helping
reid, getting together, sitting down this week, recognizing that this sequestration or these forced budget cuts, that's the worst way of cutting spending, coming up with some alternative. you know, it's remote. it's not necessarily, you know, likely, but it's still doable if there's some good will on both sides. >> well, we'll see. we'll see what the republicans have to say of john boehner and the house gop leaders have scheduled a news press for 4:00 p.m. today. wolf, you'll have a lot...
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harry reid decided he would just instead make a handshake deal with the republicans' top senator, mitch mcconnell. he said he was satisfied with the republicans just agreeing to be more reasonable on issues like this. remember? they wouldn't change the filibuster rules. they would just agree as gentlemen that the republicans would curtail the excesses of filibustering everything and effectively ruling from the minority. democrats decided to not change the rules on the filibuster and just make that agreement with the republicans instead. they said, you know, at a minimum this will at least improve the confirmation process for the administration's nominees. how is that working out now? just a couple of weeks later. how's that gentleman's agreement going? now that we've just had a filibuster of a cabinet nominee for the first time in american history. joining us now is andrea mitchell, nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent, the host of "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. andr andrea, it's great having you here tonight. >> thank you very much. thanks, rachel. >> what happens next here?
harry reid decided he would just instead make a handshake deal with the republicans' top senator, mitch mcconnell. he said he was satisfied with the republicans just agreeing to be more reasonable on issues like this. remember? they wouldn't change the filibuster rules. they would just agree as gentlemen that the republicans would curtail the excesses of filibustering everything and effectively ruling from the minority. democrats decided to not change the rules on the filibuster and just make...
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folks like senate majority leader harry reid who has been a long time progun ownership advocate under a lot of pressure to get some of these measures whether it's the one by senator dianne feinstein or others who are not viewed as restrictive what do you is you stall and you hope. the senate is good at doing. is not doing stuff. the hope for senate majority leader reid and other nra backed or progun democrats in the u.s. senate is play for time, have this work itself out. we see the bipartisan offer from joe manchin democrat from pennsylvania and republican from illinois background checks that you hope that some compromise position emerges. you can take ahold of that and get away from the issue. because i am sure that harry reid, ahead of having so many red state democrats up for re-election in 2014, is he not interested in doing a gun ban of any kind. i can't think that he would be because it would be so bad for some of his members and chances for remaining majority member. we are looking at the president departing from air force one arriving in minneapolis. it looks like he has both
folks like senate majority leader harry reid who has been a long time progun ownership advocate under a lot of pressure to get some of these measures whether it's the one by senator dianne feinstein or others who are not viewed as restrictive what do you is you stall and you hope. the senate is good at doing. is not doing stuff. the hope for senate majority leader reid and other nra backed or progun democrats in the u.s. senate is play for time, have this work itself out. we see the bipartisan...
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reid, getting together, sitting down this week, recognizing that this sequestration or these forced budget cuts, that's the worst way of cutting spending, coming up with some alternative. you know, it's remote. it's not necessarily, you know, likely, but it's still doable if there's some good will on both sides. >> well, we'll see. we'll see what the republicans have to say of john boehner and the house gop leaders have scheduled a news press for 4:00 p.m. today. wolf, you'll have a lot live on your program later today. thanks for being with me. that story continues. >>> and then also, a horrific crash at daytona sent dozens of fans to the hospital. you probably saw the pictures, but do those injured fans have a case against the speedway or anybody else for what happened to them? we're going to ask our legal experts next. working behind the scenes to provide companies with services... like helping hr departments manage benefits and pensions for over 11 million employees. reducing document costs by up to 30%... and processing $421 billion dollars in accounts payables each year. helpi
reid, getting together, sitting down this week, recognizing that this sequestration or these forced budget cuts, that's the worst way of cutting spending, coming up with some alternative. you know, it's remote. it's not necessarily, you know, likely, but it's still doable if there's some good will on both sides. >> well, we'll see. we'll see what the republicans have to say of john boehner and the house gop leaders have scheduled a news press for 4:00 p.m. today. wolf, you'll have a lot...
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so jack lew came to harry reid and said, here's our suggestion. do a sequestration. harry reid rejected it initially. jack lex said, what if we do half of it in defense spending? so an automatic across-the-board cut if we can't find a way to reduce spending in other ways we'll do an across-the-board cut with half of it in defense and the other half of it from other parts of the budget. harry reid agreed with jack le w, the president's chief of staff, so then it came to the senate and went to the house where we begrudgingly agreed. we didn't want to see this. i don't think the white house wanted to see sequestration as well. but this plan that was put in place, the house, the senate and the white house all agreed to was to find some way to reduce spending by $1.2 trillion in long-term spending. the first option was the select committee, the supercommittee, as it was called. it obviously failed in its task. shortly after that, the house of representatives said that the select committee has failed in this task. we cannot have sequestration, and so in may of last year, t
so jack lew came to harry reid and said, here's our suggestion. do a sequestration. harry reid rejected it initially. jack lex said, what if we do half of it in defense spending? so an automatic across-the-board cut if we can't find a way to reduce spending in other ways we'll do an across-the-board cut with half of it in defense and the other half of it from other parts of the budget. harry reid agreed with jack le w, the president's chief of staff, so then it came to the senate and went to...
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and i will point out on this question, i agree with senator harry reid. when it came to the nomination of john bold, and in a of members of this body asked for additional disclosures from john bolton, and those disclosures were not forthcoming. harry reid said the following, the administration stonewalling has no one had the effect of slowing down the confirmation process, it has also put a further cloud over this individual and perhaps unnecessarily, raised the impression that the nominee and the white house have something to hide. i don't know if mr. hagel has received funds directly or indirectly from foreign sources, from extreme sources, but his refusal to provide disclosure i think is highly troubling. and i would suggest every member of this committee and every member of this body should stand together and at least insisting on adequate disclosure. i'll make one final point. some have asked, would you make the same request of a republican nominee? i'll point out you can chuck hagel is a republican. i don't know him personally, unlike many members o
and i will point out on this question, i agree with senator harry reid. when it came to the nomination of john bold, and in a of members of this body asked for additional disclosures from john bolton, and those disclosures were not forthcoming. harry reid said the following, the administration stonewalling has no one had the effect of slowing down the confirmation process, it has also put a further cloud over this individual and perhaps unnecessarily, raised the impression that the nominee and...
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this is a harry reid-mitch mcconnell discussion right now. republicans have passed a bill to sequester bills. true an untruth. that was last year before the 113th congress. those bills are no longer legally liable. they are meaningless. they will have to pass meaningful bills. host: where was john hogan when g.w.b. was running all of that debt and deficit? caller: good morning. president obama wants to raise the taxes on the corporate jet owners and the oil company subsidies and things like that. of that will come back onto the middle class. we will have $5 or $6 a gallon gasoline. he cannot force people at the oil companies to take because he was then to take. if they do that to be sequestered, we will not have any cuts at all. he just wants to pass it on to us. it is similar to what happens in the space when they run into a fiscal problem. they always complain we will lose firemen and policemen and you will not have the streets plowed. that is the excuse they use. obama is using the excuse is that the poor will not have any money to cut thi
this is a harry reid-mitch mcconnell discussion right now. republicans have passed a bill to sequester bills. true an untruth. that was last year before the 113th congress. those bills are no longer legally liable. they are meaningless. they will have to pass meaningful bills. host: where was john hogan when g.w.b. was running all of that debt and deficit? caller: good morning. president obama wants to raise the taxes on the corporate jet owners and the oil company subsidies and things like...
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their attempts to block a senate vote on hagel's confirmation have led majority leader harry reid to take the steps necessary to force a vote and end what is now in effect a gop filibuster. this we should note is really fairly unprecedented, especially when you're dealing with national security nominees. athena jones is following developments and is live in our washington bureau. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the key here is senator john mccain. we learned wednesday frp aiom a to mccain that he was reconsidering his pledge not to filibuster the nomination in order to put pressure on the white house to provide more information about the benghazi attack. this is just the latest sign of trouble for hagel. >> the debate on chuck hagel is not over. >> reporter: another roadblock in chuck hagel's quest to take over at the pentagon. >> we don't have the information we need and i am going to fight the idea of jamming somebody through until we get answers. >> reporter: republican lindsey graham repeating a threat to block the vote until he gets an answer from the white house
their attempts to block a senate vote on hagel's confirmation have led majority leader harry reid to take the steps necessary to force a vote and end what is now in effect a gop filibuster. this we should note is really fairly unprecedented, especially when you're dealing with national security nominees. athena jones is following developments and is live in our washington bureau. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the key here is senator john mccain. we learned wednesday frp...
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reid, and mitch mcconnell. you would think maybe he could grab them on the side of the rosa parks statue right now and bring this up. they're all together. so it's the first time in years, though, this year that the president has a face-to-face meeting with republican leaders where they will directly discuss sequestration. i say again he's right there. this is a good moment. they're all applauding. why not talk about it now? we bring in today's political power panel. what do you think? why not talk about it now? can we put the shot back up? you know, they're all together now. why not talk about it? >> there we have it. this is a good moment. they are all together, all the people being called on the carpet to get us out of this sequestration mess. mark madness is happening. sequestration. we're going through it and no one has the brackets. let me start with you. as we look at the people involved in the meeting we've got boehner, pelosi, reid, mcconnell. we know last week the president reached out via phone call
reid, and mitch mcconnell. you would think maybe he could grab them on the side of the rosa parks statue right now and bring this up. they're all together. so it's the first time in years, though, this year that the president has a face-to-face meeting with republican leaders where they will directly discuss sequestration. i say again he's right there. this is a good moment. they're all applauding. why not talk about it now? we bring in today's political power panel. what do you think? why not...
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what is harry reid -- he has responded to this specific idea? what won't he like about it? >> i went to harry reid first, i went to him over a month ago and in fact he referred me to dick durbin an said he thinks it's a good idea. but i think we are getting a little bit -- it's getting partisan in there and it shouldn't. i've talked to a number of democrats who like our approach. and by the way, while we started the bill pat toomey from pennsylvania came in and it's the inch hoof too many me bill but it should be the eupl hoff, toomey and several democrats bill. i'm hoping they'll look at this as something that is not just a republican bill. there is no downside to doing this. martha: what do you expect the tenor -- what is this meeting going to be like at the white house tomorrow when mcconnell, pelosi and bones are all in therboehner are all in there with the president. what is going to happen. >> i've been spared those phaoeupbgts, i haven't attended them. they are going to get in there and each side is going to say how can we do this in a way that is not our fault. now
what is harry reid -- he has responded to this specific idea? what won't he like about it? >> i went to harry reid first, i went to him over a month ago and in fact he referred me to dick durbin an said he thinks it's a good idea. but i think we are getting a little bit -- it's getting partisan in there and it shouldn't. i've talked to a number of democrats who like our approach. and by the way, while we started the bill pat toomey from pennsylvania came in and it's the inch hoof too many...
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over in the senate, meanwhile, harry reid yesterday filed a motion to limit debate and force vote on the hagel nomination. harry reid said today, though, that republicans are mounting a full-scale filibuster of the hagel nomination. he said that there's never been a filibuster of a secretary of defense in the country's history. discussion on the nomination continues. senator leahy on the senate floor now and that is live on c-span2. also coming up live on booktv.org later today at 7:00 p.m. eastern, stephen hess who wrote "whatever happened to the washington reporters: 1978-2012." he interviewed journalist who is were covered the federal government and washington and 30 years later talked to 283 of those to find out where things went on in their career and the fields they covered. that discussion with stephen hess gets under way at 7:00 and that's at booktv.org. >> we have a habit in this country, if i may say, now of glossing over presidents. we decided, some people, that they're balancedying -- bald eagles and they have to be treated as symbols of the country. what that means, thou
over in the senate, meanwhile, harry reid yesterday filed a motion to limit debate and force vote on the hagel nomination. harry reid said today, though, that republicans are mounting a full-scale filibuster of the hagel nomination. he said that there's never been a filibuster of a secretary of defense in the country's history. discussion on the nomination continues. senator leahy on the senate floor now and that is live on c-span2. also coming up live on booktv.org later today at 7:00 p.m....
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harry reid yesterday we'll get your comments but first majority leader harry reid said they won't get away with this game. >> first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee or secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> bill: so he's saying they're going to have a vote tomorrow. it is a hold technically. technically not a filibuster. and it looks like though hagel is going to get to 60 votes to break the hold or the filibuster. do you agree? >> i saw something this morning that said they're at 58 right now. i think if reid moved ahead with the closer motion, he has to be pretty confident. he doesn't take these kinds of votes unless he knows he's going to win. maybe there are two people on the fence. but i think what you'll see is you'll get more votes for the cloture. people like john mccain and others who are uncomfortable with the precedent of filibuster ing but who will vote no on the final nomination. >> bill: one of the reasons he ought to be uncomfortable is because if, some day, there were ever a republican back in the white house right, t
harry reid yesterday we'll get your comments but first majority leader harry reid said they won't get away with this game. >> first time in the history of our country that a presidential nominee or secretary of defense has been filibustered. what a shame. >> bill: so he's saying they're going to have a vote tomorrow. it is a hold technically. technically not a filibuster. and it looks like though hagel is going to get to 60 votes to break the hold or the filibuster. do you agree?...
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harry reid has started the confirmation for chuck hagel. sixty votes are needed to avoid a filibuster. despite republican opposition, it looks like reid may get what he needs. others have said they will at least vote the end a filibuster. we are back after the break. stick around. billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com [ ♪ theme ♪ ] announce announce ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show." net. >> yes be it do. this hour of the "stephanie miller show" brought to you by no feathers please.com. get sweet savings and take 5% off with cotton and wool bedding. shop today. stephanie: yeah, that's the only way to say i love to you mama on value len tines day is to buy something. how about sexy liberal, sexy liberal chicago april 13? megan in chicago the official alcoholic small time realtor. >> get in line, neurotic alcoholic. hello. stephanie: hello glug glug glug. stephanie: when i heard you're in my neck of the woods na perform e of the woods naperville perhaps. i
harry reid has started the confirmation for chuck hagel. sixty votes are needed to avoid a filibuster. despite republican opposition, it looks like reid may get what he needs. others have said they will at least vote the end a filibuster. we are back after the break. stick around. billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com [ ♪ theme ♪ ] announce announce ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show." net. >>...
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i had a very nice conversation with harry reid, senator reid the week before. we all understand this is difficult. scott, if it were easy to solve the big spending problem here in washington, somebody over the last 20 years would have figured it out. this is not easy to do. but the house has done its work and the president got re-elected. this is the time to lead. now, my reference to the president a couple of weeks ago was about the guts to take on his own party, to do what we all know in this town needs to be done. we've got to cut spending, we've got to change the structural spending problem that we have, and it's time to do it. i'm not going to be part of kicking the can down the road and imprisoning the future for my kids and yours. >> senator harry reid said yesterday he is used to pretty salty language. >>> australian billionaire clive palmer unveiled plans yesterday to build a replica of the "titanic." "titanic" ii will look like the original right down to the dinner menus and costumes. the new ship will sail with modern-day safety and this morning equi
i had a very nice conversation with harry reid, senator reid the week before. we all understand this is difficult. scott, if it were easy to solve the big spending problem here in washington, somebody over the last 20 years would have figured it out. this is not easy to do. but the house has done its work and the president got re-elected. this is the time to lead. now, my reference to the president a couple of weeks ago was about the guts to take on his own party, to do what we all know in this...
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fact check.org found harry reid was wrong by claiming, quote. that the american people need to understand it's nothing not as if we have done nothing for the debt. $2.6 trillion already we've made in cuts. all those cuts have come from non-defense programs. the fact check organization says only $1.4 trillion have the deficit reduction was in spending cuts. the rest came from tax hikes. >>> a seven-year-old colorado boy has been suspended from cool for lobbing an imaginary grenade in order to save the planet. he did not threaten anyone but violated the school's list of absolutes which forbids weapons real or pretend. his mother doesn't think it's realistic important second graders but the school district tells the herald newspaper the story is more complicated than being portrayed. >> finally as the associated press puts it, no wonder they are in danger. galapagos for advertises aluminum period around while a pianist played getting them in the mood to mate. they did not appear to be aroused by his romantic style of music but they seemed to perk u
fact check.org found harry reid was wrong by claiming, quote. that the american people need to understand it's nothing not as if we have done nothing for the debt. $2.6 trillion already we've made in cuts. all those cuts have come from non-defense programs. the fact check organization says only $1.4 trillion have the deficit reduction was in spending cuts. the rest came from tax hikes. >>> a seven-year-old colorado boy has been suspended from cool for lobbing an imaginary grenade in...
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." >> president obama and harry reid wants more "revenue." >> and looking to expand it. >> republicans would have been blamed for any tax increase on the middle class. >> the end result being he takes more money off of wealthy people. >> it slows us down gradually. >> many can say texas don't matter. of course they will in the long run. stuart: here we come. what a perfect moment to throw it to dagen and connell. connell: good morning, everyone. dagen: america is a good bet. here to tell you why. connell: one of our guests in this hour could be the next energy secretary. dagen: more on the power outage and the record-breaking at cbs sports for that incredible game. connell: and cyber attacks, the white house considering action against china. dagen: i had the ravens, did you? by a field goal, 27-24. connell: nobody knows football like dagen mcdowell. clearly. dagen: stocks now has to do every 15 minutes, nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. nicole: a good bet going. if yo you're betting on the mar, 14,000 mark a little disappointed today, we are pulling back, dow jones indu
." >> president obama and harry reid wants more "revenue." >> and looking to expand it. >> republicans would have been blamed for any tax increase on the middle class. >> the end result being he takes more money off of wealthy people. >> it slows us down gradually. >> many can say texas don't matter. of course they will in the long run. stuart: here we come. what a perfect moment to throw it to dagen and connell. connell: good morning,...
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there was a gentleman who called an earlier demonstrating -- denigrating harry reid. but also bring up the fact that the senate has been redefined with new rules by the republicans to have a super majority rather than the 51 that is necessary. they had dictated it is 60 votes necessary. that is why he has not been able to get anything done. the only thing harry reid is guilty of is not rearranging the filibuster rules that would be advantageous to the american public. i have a sticker on my car that says "keeping millions out of work to put one man out of a job." that has been the republican agenda all along. president obama is doing what he is doing not at his whim but at the majority of the people's women. host: john, a republican and color. the head. caller: -- republican caller. go ahead. caller: i do not have a problem with president of? using the the executive order. george washington used the executive order. harry truman used the executive order. i might disagree with some of the things that president obama does, but i will not say that he has become a dictato
there was a gentleman who called an earlier demonstrating -- denigrating harry reid. but also bring up the fact that the senate has been redefined with new rules by the republicans to have a super majority rather than the 51 that is necessary. they had dictated it is 60 votes necessary. that is why he has not been able to get anything done. the only thing harry reid is guilty of is not rearranging the filibuster rules that would be advantageous to the american public. i have a sticker on my car...
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speaker boehner, mitch mcconnell, harry reid and nancy pelosi meet with the president on friday to talk sequester. congressman ellison, we have you with us. immaterial to ask you with so many things we are dealing with at present, the house republicans kicked it up to the senate. the lower chamber says we have done our work. we are on to tax reform. what do house democrats think of that strategy? >> we are kind of horrified by the idea of already moving to the next thing before we address the sequester. this thing is coming up on friday. my own district, i'll see 23,000 people who no longer have job counseling and placement services. we'll see cuts to police. we'll see cuts to important programs that people need to have the ladder up into the middle class. they have already started switching the subject. the subject they are switching to is disturbing. it's the same theme. they are going to exacerbate it with this proposal, lowering the rates so the people can have -- so that the rich can take more of the money and pay less of their fair share. it's really kind of disturbing. it's reall
speaker boehner, mitch mcconnell, harry reid and nancy pelosi meet with the president on friday to talk sequester. congressman ellison, we have you with us. immaterial to ask you with so many things we are dealing with at present, the house republicans kicked it up to the senate. the lower chamber says we have done our work. we are on to tax reform. what do house democrats think of that strategy? >> we are kind of horrified by the idea of already moving to the next thing before we address...
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mitch mcconnell behind, harry reid. you know all of the people. they come down, shake hands. a formal procedure. some of these guys have been there for the better part of all day. new york, they come in there. people get there at like 2:00 a.m. the morning before and wait. they just wait and wait and wait. some people linaria knowing when the president comes in they will get their shot with the president of the united states shaking hands. the cameras capture it all over the world. the same shot. what makes this extra no worthy today, dick durbin of illinois, the speaker of there with joe biden. there will be a number a pretty impressive folks in that audience. ted nugent, tony bennett, apple ceo tim cook. so few seats. talk about the cast of characters. who gets in there and how. >> well, you have to think of it as two different worlds. on the house floor, house members and senators and the total 535. they come over from the chamber. and there are members of the supreme court, the cabinet. those officials and the diplomatic corps are allowed on the house floor. above the hou
mitch mcconnell behind, harry reid. you know all of the people. they come down, shake hands. a formal procedure. some of these guys have been there for the better part of all day. new york, they come in there. people get there at like 2:00 a.m. the morning before and wait. they just wait and wait and wait. some people linaria knowing when the president comes in they will get their shot with the president of the united states shaking hands. the cameras capture it all over the world. the same...
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harry reid can read my mind. what a relief to know he's on my side. isn't this the same government that said if you raise taxes when growth is flat it's counter productive? through the sequester process, 45% of the country believe the president is -- excuse me, 45% believe the republicans are more to blame for what's about to happen in sequester. and 32% hold the president responsibility. i don't know if that's going to reverse itself because most people also say that we have a spending problem in washington and if it comes down to sequester happens on friday and there is no dramatic events that happen, the sky doesn't open and planes stop flying and meat stops being sold, if all these things don't happen, maybe those polls will reverse. >> steve: if the economy slows down in the next couple of months, i think people will blame the president because -- the republicans have done a good job with the messaging on the president can change this, but he has at this tenth hour appeared inflexible. >> gretchen: one out of five people are paying attention to t
harry reid can read my mind. what a relief to know he's on my side. isn't this the same government that said if you raise taxes when growth is flat it's counter productive? through the sequester process, 45% of the country believe the president is -- excuse me, 45% believe the republicans are more to blame for what's about to happen in sequester. and 32% hold the president responsibility. i don't know if that's going to reverse itself because most people also say that we have a spending problem...
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>> alisyn: that's a tough dance or a boxing match if i'm going to use the harry reid analogy, thanks, mike. also, developing this hour, new reaction from the white house, growing concern over the president's policies that allowed drone strikes on u.s. citizens comes in the wake after recent report from the department of justice issued a secret memo outlining the legal rational for targeting americans overseas, if they are suspected of being leaders of al-qaeda or an associated terror group. chief intelligence, catherine herridge is live in washington with the details. >> a short time ago at the white house briefing spokesman jay carney rejecting the idea that the controversial targeted killing program of american citizens could jeopardize confirmation of john brennan the white house counterterrorism advisor to head the cia. >> mr. brennan brings, i think, not only a vast amount of experience, but a significant perspective on the battles that we wage in this effort and the right way to conduct them. so, the president believes that the senate should and will confirm john brennan expedi
>> alisyn: that's a tough dance or a boxing match if i'm going to use the harry reid analogy, thanks, mike. also, developing this hour, new reaction from the white house, growing concern over the president's policies that allowed drone strikes on u.s. citizens comes in the wake after recent report from the department of justice issued a secret memo outlining the legal rational for targeting americans overseas, if they are suspected of being leaders of al-qaeda or an associated terror...
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. >> reporter: harry reid says he supports the second amendment but he is not going on to let the nra getting in his way. >> just because they resist it doesn't mean we can't do things. we have a lot of special interest groups complain about things, we'll listen to them and make the right decision. >> he says the senate might soon debate on an assault weapons ban something that gabrielle giffords's husband argued for today. >> i spent 25 years in the military. i know the value of having an assault weapon and i think they are way too readily available. in time we will be able to address those issues. >> nra said enforcing existing laws would reduce gun violence and so would rounding up gangs in places like chicago. >> gregg: peter, thanks. >> heather: new information now on a charter bus crash in boston that left 35 people injured and one critically. the vehicle carrying high schoolers and chaperones it slammed into an overpass. the driver of the bus ignored road clearance warning signs. passengers say the impact was violent. >> police say an investigation will determine if the driver
. >> reporter: harry reid says he supports the second amendment but he is not going on to let the nra getting in his way. >> just because they resist it doesn't mean we can't do things. we have a lot of special interest groups complain about things, we'll listen to them and make the right decision. >> he says the senate might soon debate on an assault weapons ban something that gabrielle giffords's husband argued for today. >> i spent 25 years in the military. i know the...